The Supreme Court refused to stay the IMA s nationwide strike today. The main reason for the protest is the decision to dissolve the Medical Council of India (MCI) and other paramedical bodies like the Nursing Council of India and the Dental Council of India and the formation of National Council for Human Resources in Health (NCHRH) for the strike. The doctors fear the NCHRH will be governed by bureaucrats instead of doctors and this will lead to vested interests. A bench of justices H L Gokhale and Gyan Sudha Misra however hoped the doctors would desist from going ahead